{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_fre_phi_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_fre_phi_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_wb_fre_phi_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/wb/fre/phi.htm","summary":"This is the Epistle to the Philippians (chapters 1\u20134) in French, presented in the Louis Segond translation \u2014 a first-century Christian letter from the Pauline epistolary tradition. Written by the apostle Paul while imprisoned, it addresses the Christian community at Philippi with warmth and pastoral instruction, covering themes of joy, unity, and steadfastness in faith despite adversity. A central theological passage (2:6\u201311) presents an early Christian hymn depicting Christ's voluntary self-emptying and humiliation, followed by his divine exaltation \u2014 one of the New Testament's most discussed statements on the nature of Christ. Paul also makes a distinctively autobiographical argument in chapter 3, cataloguing his impeccable Jewish credentials only to declare them worthless compared to knowing Christ, grounding righteousness in faith rather than law-observance. The letter closes with practical exhortations to rejoice, avoid anxiety, and fix the mind on whatever is true and honorable \u2014 including the well-known verse \"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding\" \u2014 alongside personal thanks for the Philippians' material support of his ministry.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"French Bible, tr. by Louis Segond [1910]: Philippians","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2346}